Lot 87101: JIM BURNS (English b. 1948) The Stainless Steel

JIM BURNS (English b. 1948) The Stainless Steel Rat Wants You, paperback cover, 1987 Oil on board 25 x 15.5 in. Initialed lower left This illustration was used on the cover of Harry Harrison's novel, The Stainless Steel Rat Wants You!, Spectra/Bantam Books, 1988. "Slippery Jim diGriz, the future's master criminal turned super-spy, is recruiting for an all-out interstellar war. Loathsome, mind sucking creatures from an unknown star are closing in on Earth. Once again it's up to the Stainless Steel Rat to save humanity. In a daring caper packed with action and laughs, the Rat goes undercover to stop the invasion-disguised as a hideous, bug-eyed extraterrestrial."